Sunday, September 6, 1998 Published at 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK
World: Asia-Pacific Akira Kurosawa Filmography Kurosawa's 'The Seven Samurai' became the model for the Hollywood western The Magnificent Seven
Sugata Sanshiro (1943)
The Most Beautiful(1944)
Sanshiro Sugata 2 (1945)
The Men Who Step on the Tiger's Tail(1945)
No Regrets for our Youth (1946)
One Wonderful Sunday(1947)
Drunken Angel(1948)
The Quiet Duel (1949)
Stray Dog (1949)
Scandal(1950)
Rashomon(1950)
Wins the 'Golden Lion' at the 1951 Venice Film Festival and the Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 1952.
The Idiot(1951)
Ikiru (1952)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Wins the 'Silver Lion' at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.
Record of a Living Being(1955)
The Throne of Blood (1957)
The Lower Depths (1957)
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Yojimbo(1961)
Sanjuro(1962)
High and Low (1963)
Red Beard(1965)
Dodeskaden(1970)
Dersu Uzala(1975)
Wins the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and his second Oscar for the Best Foreign Film in 1976.
Kagemusha(1980)
Co-winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.
Ran (1985)
Wins special award for achievement in the Cannes Film Festival.
America's National Society of Film Critics names it 'Best Picture of the Year'.
Dreams(1990)
Wins honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1990.